A few weeks ago I was honoured to get an invite to The Creative Council’s (TCC) breakfast event which was a review of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. From the review, my key take out was that the brands of the future are brands which are able to touch the hearts and minds […]
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We cannot afford to not communicate, it’s just not possible! I have recently found that I need a refresher on communicating skilfully. The reason for this is that when I’ve been under intense pressure, I tended to withdraw instead of confronting matters head–on. My coach and I recently addressed this challenge, she advised me to
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In a world of quirky start-ups, disruptive technologies and businesses like Facebook, Twitter, Apple and their kind, more and more businesses are beginning to question whether taking the traditional route with regard to innovation is best. We see more amateurs breaking the mould and creating new realities for us thus surpassing a lot of the
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Life, you can’t subdue me because I refuse to take your discipline too seriously. When you try to hurt me, I laugh — and the laughter knows no pain. I appreciate your joys wherever I find them; your sorrows neither frighten nor discourage me, for there is laughter in my soul. Temporary defeat does
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Empowerment in an era of transformation in a South African context was when we first encountered the term Black Economic Empowerment, which although was intended to redress imbalances made by the previous government in exclusion of a large representation of the country’s population from economic activities. The unintended consequences were that only a handful of
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My fascination with entrepreneurship began when I was a little girl. My dad ran his own businesses, mainly retail. He had spaza shops (small convenience stores in the township) and supermarkets. He sold clothes from the boot of his car and at some point had taxis. I used to be that child in the store
Good evening ladies and gentlemen. As we sit here today we can admit to having encountered at least one of the following; – Potholes – Non functional traffic lights – Shacks, informal settles – Beggars on the side of the road – Request for a bribe by the police – Frustration at home affairs or
June marked the Youth Month in South Africa. During this time there were various public and private interventions to highlight challenges faced by young people as well as various outreach and support programs in aid of this. Various accords were formed in the past looking particularly at the youth, of importance are; Youth Accord which
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Feedback is the breakfast food of champions. Most people I know speak of how they require feedback and they always say “be very honest with me”. The rest of the people I know absolutely luuurve to give feedback, solicited or otherwise. I am also mindful that feedback is all about delivery both on the
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You will understand that it’s not what he says but what he does that matters most. It will matter more what his thoughts are and how he arrives to them if you are one day to submit to him. You will spend more time understanding how how he sees himself as it’s only one who
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